Lua
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Lua skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Lua over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 578 | 678 | 840 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +100 | +162 | -142 |
| Contract jobs citing Lua | 8 | 15 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.019% | 0.026% | 0.010% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.063% | 0.074% | 0.028% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 12 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £473 | £412 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £500 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | £510 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.37% | +20.00% | -39.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £400 | £519 | £644 |
| 90th Percentile | £475 | £592 | £705 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | £423 |
All Programming Languages
UK
Lua is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,750 | 20,243 | 31,905 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.57% | 34.85% | 36.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,074 | 14,597 | 23,243 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.56% | +14.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 490 | 460 | 505 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.12 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £60.63 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.27% | +21.25% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.25 | £78.00 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.94 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | +22.49% | +19.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Lua as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lua.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lua.
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Top 2 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lua within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | +95 | 8 | £350 | -31.37% | |
| England | +85 | 8 | £350 | -31.37% |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: